Erich Clar (23 August 1902 in Hřensko – 27 March 1987 in Estepona) was an Austrian organic chemist who studied polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon chemistry. He is considered as the father of that field.[1] In 1941, he authored "Aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffe" (Springer-Verlag) and in 1964 the greatly expanded two-volume Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, which described the syntheses, properties, and UV-visible absorption spectra of hundreds of PAHs. He discovered the Clar reaction of the cyclic ketone perinaphthenone to form dibenzo[cd,lm]perylene in a 400 C melt of zinc dust, zinc (II) chloride, and sodium chloride. [2] He created the Sextet Theory, now eponymously called Clar's rule, to describe the behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon isomers. This was described in his book The Aromatic Sextet. He was awarded the August Kekulé Medal by the Chemical Society of the GDR in 1965,[3] the highest award given by that society to foreign scientists,[4] and the first Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Research Award of the International Symposium on Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons in 1987.[5]
erich, clar, august, 1902, hřensko, march, 1987, estepona, austrian, organic, chemist, studied, polycyclic, aromatic, hydrocarbon, chemistry, considered, father, that, field, 1941, authored, aromatische, kohlenwasserstoffe, springer, verlag, 1964, greatly, exp. Erich Clar 23 August 1902 in Hrensko 27 March 1987 in Estepona was an Austrian organic chemist who studied polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon chemistry He is considered as the father of that field 1 In 1941 he authored Aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffe Springer Verlag and in 1964 the greatly expanded two volume Polycyclic Hydrocarbons which described the syntheses properties and UV visible absorption spectra of hundreds of PAHs He discovered the Clar reaction of the cyclic ketone perinaphthenone to form dibenzo cd lm perylene in a 400 C melt of zinc dust zinc II chloride and sodium chloride 2 He created the Sextet Theory now eponymously called Clar s rule to describe the behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon isomers This was described in his book The Aromatic Sextet He was awarded the August Kekule Medal by the Chemical Society of the GDR in 1965 3 the highest award given by that society to foreign scientists 4 and the first Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Research Award of the International Symposium on Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons in 1987 5 See also EditClar s hydrocarbon Clar s rule IptyceneReferences Edit Dr Erich Eric Clar Retrieved 2014 01 20 German patents 551 447 1930 553 000 1930 and 549 206 1930 issued I G Farbenindustrie with E Clar as inventor High award for Glasgow scientist The Glasgow Herald October 29 1965 p 8 Retrieved 2014 01 20 New titular professors at Glasgow The Glasgow Herald June 29 1966 p 5 Retrieved 2014 01 20 ISPAC Awards Archived from the original on 2016 03 14 Retrieved 2014 01 20 nbsp This biographical article about a chemist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Erich Clar amp oldid 1179101178, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
